This is the update to how well the retail real estate strategy and system I use work.  Retail Real Estate in the Phoenix, Arizona marketplace is very difficult if you are not in tuned with what is happening in the retail real estate trends.  So, in an effort to secure the right location for Caballero Grill, my finger on the pulse, landed the perfect opportunity for them. There was a sale of several buildings from a defunct operations concept,...

Retail restaurant client seeking new location for his conceptual idea of the next hottest restaurant to hit the valley. So I took a call from, let’s call him Mr. X, who cam through from the office line the other day and began to wonder why I did. The gentleman was deliberate on his presentation, knew exactly what he was looking for, and basically told me how I should do my job of representing him. Well, after I heard about how I did not...

Recently I have been charged with finding the best locations for Snap Fireworks in all of Arizona. Finding the best locations for Snap Fireworks is exciting and fun at the same time. Not only are there plenty of retail spaces available, landlords are looking for this type of retailer to bring to their shopping centers, corner lots, and parking areas. This allows for the landlord to attract major traffic to their property, and that equates to...

With a recent uptick in same store sales, Tropical Smoothie is in growth mode once again. Tropical Smoothie has been experiencing a bit of a downtrend over the past year, until recently. There has been a surge in customer loyalty and new customer acquisition, and with the help of bright and shining stars at the helm of operations, Tropical Smoothie is, once again, expanding in key markets. Those markets include Arizona. This is where I step...

This new client is looking for a building to purchase. They have been in business for a few years, and right now, business is good! They are completely busting out of the seems right now, and literally are stacked on top of each other in their current building. Here is the catch though, because you know there is always a catch, they are buying a new building and keeping the old one too! Not really a catch, but an extra. So, here is what they are...

As I have been selecting sites so that my clients can review and parse through to find the ultimate space for themselves, I have found that there are new ways of going about this old skillset. What are the old ways you ask? For starters, there is the basic criterion that needs to be established: Geographics, demographics and psychographics, etc. Second, there are level one criterion: Size, shape, co-tenants (if any), traffic counts, egress and...